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Top 10% Institutions and Economists in the Field of Central & South America, as of February 2013

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Top 10% institutions in the field of Central & South America

The scores of institutions in each field are determined by a weighted sum of all authors affiliated with the respective institutions. The weights are determined, for each author, by the proportion of all working papers announced in NEP that have also been announced in NEP-LAM (Central & South America).
RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

1.354739.33
2Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

2.233528.86
3Department of Economics, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

2.442017.56
4Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

4.184130.02
5Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

5.935743.49
6Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

6.927866.73
---Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

83125.53
7Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

9.045732.45
---Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (IEW), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

9.072117.18
8World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

9.55349289.42
9Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

11.559670.73
---Afdeling Ruimtelijke Economie, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde, Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam, Netherlands

11.553424.38
10Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

12.034335.93
---Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

14.61115.22
---Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

15.52923.88
11Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz

Linz, Austria

16.423827.9
---Economics Research, World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

16.93132107.35
12Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

16.945745.16
13Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

19.658771.68
14Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

19.872622.11
---Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

19.8764.42
15National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

20.4746650.39
16School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

22.952715.39
17Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

25.281613.22
---Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

25.542016.63
18Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

25.542218.13
19Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)

Basel/Zürich, Switzerland

26.9691.6
20Department Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Zeppelin Universität

Friedrichshafen, Germany

27.9921.33
21Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

28.084734.29
22Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

28.224517.24
23Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

29.63736.18
24Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

Kiel, Germany

29.682719.5
25Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

31.535029.5
---Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

32.352725.43
26Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

33.123935.87
27Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

34.476846.8
28Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

34.824034.54
29Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

36.23832.73
30Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

36.864435.46
31International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

38.37310263.43
32Department of Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

38.64334.77
33Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

42.955844.51
---Centro de Estudios Sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE), Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

44.735137.82
---Economic Growth Center, Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

47.04118.11
---Pacific Island New Zealand Migration Study, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

47.4420.46
34Waikato Management School, University of Waikato

Hamilton, New Zealand

47.442721.69
35Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

47.9110672.3
36Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

48.35240.52
37Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

49.938171.26
---Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

50.45237.9
38Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

51.222721.01
39Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Buenos Aires, Argentina

51.9876.09
---Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

55.5631.65
40London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

56.41230158.38
41Economics Department, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

56.666551.78
42Department of Economics, University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

58.336146.87
43Ministerio de Proteccion Social, Government of Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

59.1911
44Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

60.18146.88
45Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés

Buenos Aires, Argentina

60.291410.25
46Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

60.44132.36
47Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

60.722718.04
48Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

61.953727.44
---Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research, Economics, University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

64.22107.33
49Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

La Plata, Argentina

65.83523.44
50Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

65.813025.32
51Banco Central de Chile

Santiago, Chile

66.134440.6
---Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

66.74149.45
52Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)

67.763230.88
---Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

La Plata, Argentina

68.822214.86
53Department of Economics, University of Haifa

Haifa, Israel

69.631311.47
54Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

69.683930.97
---Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

70.842318.98
55Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

71.252515.55
---Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

71.2572.67
56Department of Economics, University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

71.352115.88
57Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

71.54177149.18
58International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

71.74122107.83
59Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

72.3145121.09
60Department of Economics, George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

73.624936.49
61Departamento de Economía, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Buenos Aires, Argentina

73.71110.87
62Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

75.661514.08
63Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

77.422721.39
---Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

82.773924.97
64Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República

Montevideo, Uruguay

84.771612.27
65Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

85.821711.34
66Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

874236.13
67Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

87.243027.96
68Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

87.7144105.44
---Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IAI), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

89.6484.69
69Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)

Rimini, Italy

91.138812.26
---Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

91.135537.27
70Department of Economics, Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

93.032015.89
---European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

94.155639.51
---Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

94.5454.13
71School of Business, Bond University

Gold Coast, Australia

94.943.84
72Department of Economics, Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

97.17151119.57
73Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

97.637555.29
74Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

97.7562187.7
---Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

98.755646.37
75Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

99.341917.18
76Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

99.53196115.92
---Department of Economics, Sciences économiques, Sciences Po

Paris, France

99.952619.94
77Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

100.093935.25
78Centro de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

102.731010
79Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (USA)

102.833226.63
80Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

103.692321.1
81Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

103.76150121.48
---Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

106.2932.19
82Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

107.96135.18
83Economics Department, Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

108.264534.95
---Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

Barcelona, Spain

108.548362.91
84Department of Economics, Tulane University

New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

109.471918.95
85Department of Economics, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

112.113430.5
---Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

112.7276.86
86Universidad del CEMA

Buenos Aires, Argentina

113.333935.98
87Escuela de Gobierno, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Santiago, Chile

114.8176.5

Top 10% authors in the field of Central & South America

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RankAuthorScore
1Daron Acemoglu

Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1
2James Tobin †

2.53
3Lawrence H. Summers

Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

2.7
4Sebastian Edwards

Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California (USA)

4.78
5Dani Rodrik

Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

5.53
6William Baumol

Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), New York City, New York (USA)

7.29
7Jose De Gregorio

Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

7.63
8Guido Tabellini

Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy

9.91
9Jeffrey Alexander Frankel

Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

10.47
10Alberto Alesina

Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

11.02
11Andrew Murray Weiss

Department of Economics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

12.66
12Alejandro Gaviria

Ministerio de Proteccion Social, Government of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

13.2
13Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel

Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

14.28
14Ernesto Schargrodsky

Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina

17.03
15James Alan Robinson

Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

18.18
16Ricardo Hausmann

Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

18.27
17Keith Blackburn

Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research, Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

18.82
18Torsten Persson

Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden

18.98
19Sebastian Galiani

Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (USA)

21.65
20Avner Bar-ilan

Department of Economics, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

21.91
21Mariano Tommasi

Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina

22.35
22Edward Andrew Miguel

Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California (USA)

24.02
23Andrew Foster

Economics Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

25.93
24James Schmitz

Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

27.33
25Mauricio Cardenas

Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

27.7
26Norman V. Loayza

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

27.76
27Rodney Edward Falvey

School of Business, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia

28.35
28Nora Lustig

Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

30.05
29Leonardo C. Gasparini

Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

31.21
30Jeffrey Gale Williamson

31.71
31Eduardo M.R.A. Engel

Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

32.71
32Gary Fields

School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)

34.43
33Eduardo Fernandez-Arias

Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

35.64
34Brian R. Copeland

Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

35.86
35Rodrigo Reis Soares

Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

35.91
36Dante Contreras

Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

36.45
37Roberto Rigobon

Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

36.51
38Luis Servén

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

36.76
39Raquel Bernal

Centro de Estudios Sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE), Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

37.21
40Alain de Janvry

Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California (USA)

38.57
41Alberto Chong

Département d'Économie / Department of Economics, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

38.99
42Francisco H. G. Ferreira

Economics Research, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

40.36
43Cesar A. Calderon

World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

40.89
44Carmen Pages

Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

41.3
45Eduardo Lora

42.31
46Carol Ann Rogers

Economics Department, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

44.28

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